Resources

Interview with L. Lee Knefelkamp, a professor of psychology and education at Columbia University. Stresses the diversity of higher education learners, including adult learners. Emphasizes the notion of faculty as co-learners with students. Notes the importance of the work of K. Patricia Cross regarding adult learners.

Helpful, brief list of teaching strategies. Addresses why and how to use inclusive teaching strategies in the college classroom. Highlights potential benefits

Provides suggestions on how to improve scores on IDEA item #16 relating to sharing with others who are different or whose viewpoints are different. Gives background on this item and other similar items; identifies tips for classroom engagement; addresses issues relating to online learning; and identifies assessment issues.

Two-page PDF on the Indiana University website with seven quick tips on improving communication with culturally diverse students. Examples: learn names; listen; and limit unclear language.

Chronicle of Higher Education article (May 2013). Discusses experiences of an openly gay professor teaching a year-long first-year core course. He struggles with fear of teaching a text that dealt with issues of homosexuality while also allowing an open forum for discussion.

Focuses on issues relating to “international students.” Discusses major differences between U.S. and international students in terms of background and understanding of academic environment. Provides suggestions for instructor on coping with cultural differences.

Provides suggestions for instructors of college students with disabilities. Highlights confidentiality issues and syllabus preparation including accommodation and modification statements.

PDF includes 13 essays by faculty at the University of Colorado who participated in a Faculty Teaching Excellence Program. Faculty in various disciplines wrote essays with specific teaching tips addressing particular forms of diversity. Those essays were collected into this volume.

Discusses five aspects of creating an inclusive classroom: course content choices; awareness of assumptions; course planning; getting to know students; and awareness during the process of teaching.

Summer 2013 article in AAC&U’s journal “Diversity and Democracy.” Uses survey data to argue for the importance of inclusive learning environments and incorporating diversity into teaching and learning.